Israel spent a lot of time grumbling about their circumstances and their leader Moses after having been supernaturally delivered from their slavery in Egypt by God's mighty hand. In Exodus 16.8, in response to one of those grumbling times, there is an insightful comment by Moses which has a very important biblical truth at its core. Moses' comment is, "Your grumbling is not against us but against the Lord". The biblical truth is that when we grumble or complain about our circumstances and our leaders we are denying and rebelling against the Sovereignty of God.
Since God is Sovereign, He either allows the circumstances we find ourselves in and the leaders that are over us, or He purposefully brings those circumstances into being or puts those leaders over us. God can intervene as He chooses or He can allow or establish as He chooses. Therefore, when I complain and grumble about my circumstances and leaders, I am rebelling against God and refusing to submit to His Sovereign rule over my life.
To submit to God in all my circumstances does not mean I have to enjoy or pretend to enjoy those circumstances but it does mean I have to thank God for them and work in them to fulfill whatever plan God has purposed in those circumstances and leaders. Looking back we may very well see why God allowed or established those particular circumstances or leaders but even if we do not see the hand of God in those circumstances we certainly must know the Goodness of God, the Love of God, the power of God, and the Sovereignty of God who works all things after the council of His own will.
So the next time you want to grumble and complain about your circumstances or leaders, Stop. You are grumbling against God's rule over your life. Rather in submission give thanks to God who knows and controls all things. The believer who knows and acknowledges the Sovereignty of God in all circumstances and gives thanks and praise to God will be filled with peace and joy that surpasses all his circumstances.
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